I play the streetlife, because there's no place I can goStreetlife, it's the only life I knowStreetlife, and there's a thousand parts to playStreetlife, until you play your life away

You let the people see, just who you wanna beAnd every night you shine, just like a super starThat's how the life is played, a 10 cent masqueradeYou dress, you walk, you talkYou're who you think you are

Streetlife, you can run away from timeStreetlife, for a nickel or a dimeStreetlife, but you better not get oldStreetlife, or you're gonna feel the cold

There's always love for sale a grown-up fairytalePrince charming always smiles behind a silver spoonAnd if you keep it young your song is always sungYour love will pay your way beneath the silver moon